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Unusual uses for motor racing tracks/venues

Started by Graham Clayton , Aug 01 2021 04:58

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#51 D-Type

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Posted 04 August 2021 - 20:20

Is Snetterton not used for car boot sales?

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#52 2Bob

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Posted 04 August 2021 - 22:46

Castle Combe is used for running events (usually 10 km) several times each year.

Should that be running running?

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#53 GazChed

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 07:05

Castle Combe also holds car boot sales several times a year, indeed there is one this Sunday. Donington Park used to have a Sunday market on the old Melbourne Loop although I think that finished in 2016.

I remember driving to Donington for the second day of the 2007 VSCC See Red meeting and becoming stuck in a traffic jam some way from the circuit. As we approached the circuit entrance I was bemused to see that nine out of ten cars went straight past the entrance. Obviously the Sunday market was a far greater draw than a wonderful collection of old racing cars !

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#54 Stephen W

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 07:40

Is Snetterton not used for car boot sales?

Part of the old circuit is used for Car Boot Sales.

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#55 NewMrMe

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 07:55

Silverstone has a Christmas light show.

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#56 johnwilliamdavies

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 12:23

You can get married at Prescott hillclimb. They market the clubhouse as a venue for a marriage ceremony.

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#57 Collombin

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 12:50

Yes, I have been to a couple of wedding receptions there (mercifully just as a spectator). Nice venue.

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#58 Emery0323

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 14:35

Not the Goodwood circuit, per se, but Goodwood House can be rented for wedding receptions, cermonies, large events, etc.:

https://www.goodwood...and-receptions/

Like many owners of large, historic family estates, Lord March presumably does this to help cover high operating costs.

Edited by Emery0323, 05 August 2021 - 14:36.

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#59 Doug Nye

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Posted 08 August 2021 - 08:39

Such activities long preceded motor sport within the park grounds of Goodwood House - including cricket and equine dressage so here's a case of unusual use of a stately home - as opposed to unusual use of a motor sporting venue. It just depends which end of the telescope one chooses to look into...

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